Baghdad Soldiers rescued a 2-year-old Iraqi boy from a dry well in which he fell Aug. 9.H/T North Shore Journal
Soldiers with Company B, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division responded to the pleas for assistance from the father of a 2-year-old boy who had fallen into a dry well near the family’s residence [PA's note: this was a serious 25' deep well].
The company commander, Capt. David Powell of Newport Beach, Calif., was about to begin a scheduled security patrol when the boy’s father approached the gate of his Coalition outpost on foot. Using an interpreter, Powell quickly assessed the situation and sent the patrol to assist with the recovery of the child[...]
[...]"In my 18-years in the Army," Powell said, "this is, by far, the greatest thing I have ever done."
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
...the greatest thing I have ever done
MNF-I
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
1 comment:
Interesting blog and its so impressive, i really enjoyed to read your information, i think your blog easily to get good branding and more traffics , because every one to likes your blogs. thanks for your wonderful informative post.
Ecommerce website developers
Post a Comment